Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Be a source of influence to others

Eternal love’ (sanatan sneha) is indeed moksha [ultimate liberation].

Cakes are healthy too, you just eat a small slice.

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference', you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.

Dreaming is a philogenetically older mode of thought.

People are bursting out of the closet, rejecting their parents' wishes to keep the faith. Atheism is becoming mainstream.

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.

I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength.